Intex Raised Downy Queen Airbed with Built-in Electric Pump

I originally bought this bed as a "quick fix" as I was moving into a new apartment. After the first few nights of using it, I was impressed enough to delay my plans to purchase a real bed. Unfortunately, I noticed that it had started to develop small leaks after using it continuously for three years. Patching it up worked at first, but six months later, another small leak developed and I knew it was time to replace it.

Having struck gold once, I bought a similar air bed at from a different company. It was okay but after one night on it, I decided that I need to patch up the old bed one last time until I order a replacement for it. The soft mattress top on my Rising Comfort really makes a difference, the other one was just an air bed. I'm ordering another ASAP, but I'm deciding on which model to purchase.

I don't expect that very many people would be looking to purchase this as their main bed. But I would recommend it for whatever purpose it is needed for. Speaking for myself, I experienced very little air loss for the first few years without ever taking it down. Before I had a leak, I recall only using the pump a few times to make it more firm. I'm wondering if those who had trouble received defective units or had problems with the cap when periodically deflating and sorting it.

As a Vacation Rental owner I need additional beds to accommodate large groups. Having a leaky air mattress deflate on a guest would be a nightmare for me. Having all ages of guests it is important that the mattresses be double high or 22" or about. Who wants to be inches off the floor? My requirements are; comfort, durability, ease of inflating and deflating, ease for user to control firmness and support, and storage. I have tried all of the air mattresses on the market, from inexpensive to high dollar, with and without built in pumps, low to high profiles. Before double high mattresses where on the market I would stack two mattresses on top of each other, well it was comfortable it had a tendency to walk off each other. Mattresses without built-in pumps would somehow need the adaptor that wasn't put back in my pump bag. If the pump was exposed my over zealous tenants would inevitably take it off to deflate the mattress and parts would often get lost or broken. I have enough different brands of mattresses that I can stack to the ceiling.

When I discovered Intex air mattresses my fears were put to rest. They have proven to be the most comfortable, inexpensive solution that outlasts the competition in durability and reliability. I have 10 twins and 2 Queens and every one of them is leak free and they are about 2 years old and I feel they are still reliable. They hold up to the ware and tare of extended use and various users. The pumps are encased so they can't be taken out or leak air, many external pumps I found would be the source for slow air leaks. I can inflate/deflate, and fold them easily to go back in their supplied tote bag. Many of my guests have been so impressed with their comfort, comparing them to a sleep number mattress; they have asked were they could buy one. The twins are large enough to accommodate tall and heavy guests, much to their surprise. I have one twin that has been inflated for over a year, with an occasional inflation maybe once a month. Our two labs and cat have claimed it for their own personal use, and guess what it has held up remarkably. We have taken it camping, all you need is a converter gadget that will allow you to plug into a 12v and you can use your car lighter to inflate it.

I highly recommend Intex air mattresses, for durability, versatility, reliability and most important they are inexpensive compared to other brands on the market.

We love this air bed! It is tall enough you don't have to struggle to get in and out of bed. Our last air bed was too low to the ground, it was so hard to get up and down. The built on air pump is great too, it is so easy to add more air or release air and the cord fits into a nice little compartment. We had no problem using a fitted sheet on it either :) It is really comfortable and so easy to use. Inflating and deflating is fast and simple. And the best part is that it fits into the drawstring bag (included) making it very portable and easy to store away. Only recommendation is to buy a foam pad, because if its cold then the air in the bed is cold and then its impossible to stay warm.

Very easy to inflate and deflate. Bed is very comfortable. In fact, my 5 year old wants to switch his twin bed for the comfort of this queen air! I would highly recommend it for someone in need of a guest bed...it's much better than your average air mattres that lays on the floor. I think I made a good investment in this purchase.

I bought this bed a week ago, and have been using it for regular night sleeping purposes and not just for un-timely occasions when guest come over.

Over all, i find my purchase to be worth all the research I had been doing to find an air bed. One thing I was looking more for was the feature of elevation, ie ; Hieght from ground level, and this one is over 22 inches tall, high enuf for what i wanted. also I read some where in the reviews here that some people find it to be less in size what has been described but for me, size is all fine and matches description.

I have a bad backache problem becoz of which i have trouble sleeping in night, but this one is much of a comfort to me. I feel less pain, may be 10% of what i used to when sleeping on my previous one. The firmness of the bed can be re-adjusted, and it DOES NOT LOOSE AIR FREQUENTLY. Since I have been sleeping on it for a week now, I have just tried to fill in air once for meager 15-20 sec, (it comes with a electric pump, fills it all in 3 mins), but that is when i had earlier taken some air out to make it less firm. So, Air leak is no prob and a fear.

Overall, I am very satisfied with this purchase.

This bed inflates quickly and deflates quickly. I found it very comfortable and durable. The only thing I found a problem with was its ability to hold a fitted sheet securely in place. Delivery was right on time. Fits well in included duffle bag.

I really like this bed. We have guests over from time to time and since we've gotten this bed, our extra accomodations have gotten a lot nicer. Though we have an extra room, sometimes we have a third visitor who needs some other sort of accomodation. In the past it was the couch, but after we bought this bed we haven't looked back...

I researched several inflatable beds and I ended up purchasing what I had hoped to be the best value and comfort in those beds. I have not been disappointed.

The bed blows up in around 4 minutes at just the touch of a button -no more using foot pumps or blowing up by mouth. A nice feature here is that to let air out of the mattress the next morning all you do is twist this really large valve and a hole about the size of a half dollar piece lets out all the air about as quickly as it took to blow it up. There is absolutely no need to stand on the bed and try to push the air out of it -95% will come out just by the weight of the mattress pushing down on itself.

And now for the only problem I've encountered with this bed so far, and the reason I reduced my rating by one star... The canvas container for the bed is too small, and it is a pain to use. However, after the first time or two you will probably figure out the trick to folding the bed into the right proportion (thirds instead of doubles?) and then it will actually fit into the container -though you might need someone to help you pull the canvas bag over the folded bed. (Regardless, this design was just silly. Make the bag about 25% larger and you will have happier customers!)

One other annoying thing. The straps attached to the canvas bags have no padding, and the bed is pretty heavy. I got shallow cuts on my shoulder from carrying the bed for about 5 minutes. I had no idea where these red scratches were from, but I realized later it was because of the poor strap design, and the fact that they ended up cutting into my flesh slightly (through my shirt!)

And now, back to the bed itself...

Overall I am very happy with this purchase! It seems very well made and is comfortable as well...

Got the bed as a temp but keeping it as a main bed until it dies on me, it's just that good.

We bought this mattress to have as an extra bed since we were having company over. The bed inflated fine but since the bottom of it is not flat (think of it as being on pontoons) it wobbles something fierce if you or the person next to you has the audacity to roll over. I put something under the middle of it to make it more level but all that did was keep me from rolling downhill into the middle of it and crashing into my wife. It's inflated to the max. and doesn't lose air, but I was going to lose my dinner if I slept in it any longer and have chosen sleeping on the couch rather than sleeping on this moonbounce. I don't think it's really meant to have two people on it despite the size.

Seriously, you get what you paid for.

I have a twin-size version of this bed and I don't understand why I am seeing so many negative reviews. I bought it as a secondary bed for a small office/bedroom a couple weeks ago, filled it with air using the built-in pump, and it hasn't lost air yet. As far as I'm concerned, it was a great purchase.